Box
Category
Ivory and bone
Date
Unknown
Materials
Flower, Glass, Gold, Ivory, Mother-of-pearl [pinctada maxima]
Measurements
52 mm (Diameter)16 mm (W)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1339652
Summary
Circular ivory box with a glass top which contains a filigree basket with dried flowers and a mother-of-pearl panel inscribed 1793. Ivory cracked on lid.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Marks and inscriptions
1793